County Agency Social Worker - CPS - Polk

Overview

Polk County Social Services has an opening for a full-time (40 hours a week)
Social Worker - CPS position. We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated individual to join our Child Protective Services Team. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by supporting families facing child protection concerns and addressing broader child and family welfare needs. The starting salary range for the position is $33.44 per hour. This position will be located in the Crookston office.

Applicants are not required to be licensed or have a social work degree. Individuals with a human services bachelor's degree in criminal justice, psychology, sociology, etc. may be eligible for these positions.

Polk County offers a highly competitive benefits package including affordable healthcare plans through BCBS with attractive low-cost family healthcare plans, dental, vision, life, long-term and short-term disability coverage; flexible spending accounts; PERA retirement with contributions made by the County, vacation and sick leave, and access to many other health and wellness programs.

• Interviews clients at intake.
• Carries a caseload where a need for continuing social casework predominates.
• Provides counseling to families and individuals.
• Conducts complex case evaluation for the purpose of assessing problems and determining appropriate types and methods of treatment.
• Prepares intensive long or short-term treatment plans, which require a fund of casework knowledge.
• Identifies client situations, which require intensified service and brings to the attention of supervisor for help or referral.
• Provides adult and child protective services.
• Provides vocation/employment services.
• Provides adult and children's mental health services and services to persons with disabilities.
• Provides or assists in providing services to other cases involving difficult or complex social and financial problems.
• Interprets programs to clients, refers clients to appropriate community services.
• Interprets social and emotional factors to others involved in treatment of clients.
• Prepares social histories with emphasis on psychosocial factors, adoption, or foster home placements.
• Supervises foster home placements.
• Interviews and screens prospective adoptive parents.
• Provides preventive services.
• Interprets policies and regulations to clients.
• Provides casework services for rehabilitation and care of children.
• Prepares and maintains case records which meet federal, state and local guidelines.
• Dictates findings and correspondence.
• Prepares regular and special reports.
• May provide work direction to social work paraprofessionals.
• Participates in in-service training and other staff development activities to increase knowledge of social work processes and skill in application to individual cases.

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in social work, psychology, sociology or closely related field.
• A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in any field and one (1) year of experience as a social worker in a public or private social services agency.

The examination will consist of a rating of training and experience based on the information you provide in your application and your responses to the supplemental questions included in the application process. You must read the questions carefully, answer truthfully, and include any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions in the Work Experience section of your application. Any experience claimed in your answers to the supplemental questions but not included in the Work Experience section of your application will not be credited.

You will be asked to verify your degree with official transcripts upon hire.

Apply online at this link: 011-OC. To receive additional information, contact Alicia Kieckbusch at  or email alicia.kieckbuschk.mn.us.

Polk County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.